Israel literally had no choice other than to launch its invasion of Gaza on Thursday night, Algemeiner Editor Dovid Efune said in an interview on CNBC’s Closing Bell less then an hour after the escalation was announced.
For Summer of 5774, Camp Emunah, AKA B’nos Yaakov Yehudah, launched a special tznius campaign called “Dressed to Greet Moshiach” in memory of a Camp Emunah alumna, Shlucha Mrs. Rashi Minkowicz, OBM.
Oholei Torah has released a list of 160 bochurim who will be going on ‘Shlichus’ to 39 Yeshivos and communities around the globe.
There is a famous adage that says: “All is fair in love and war.” Well maybe so but not for the Jew, it appears. Then again, nothing about the Jew is normal, so why should the rules of war be any different? Israel apparently, is meant to protect itself and attain security by a different set of rules than the rest of the world.
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Tzvi Rimler, Maggid Shiur emeritus for Yagdil Torah, will lead a discussion on the topic – Kaddish: Its true rank in sacredness, & why it got misplaced.
The Rebbe Speaks to Major General Yosef Ben Chanan, Commander of the IDF Armored Corp, on 21 Iyar, 5748 (May 8, 1988).
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a unique photo of the Rebbe at Kos Shel Brocha in the mid 1980s.
The North London Synagogue opened its doors in 1868 and closed them for the last time in 1958—its fate largely reflecting the rise and fall of Jewish life in the Borough of Islington, a mainly residential district of Greater London, England.
A new study examining the average rent for a Brooklyn apartment revealed that Crown Heights continues to outpace the rest of the borough in rising rents.
Hundreds of protesters gathered in the United Nations Plaza in New York City to protest U.S support for the current Israeli military operation in Gaza on Tuesday. Among them were several ultra-Orthodox Jews, members of the Neturei Karta group.
Yesterday, Wednesday morning, renowned Chabad author and lecturer Rabbi Manis Friedman was a guest on the Jewish radio program JM in the AM, where he was interviewed by the program’s host Nachum Segal.
Preparations are already well underway for the International Kinus Hashluchim, 5775. Last week, the Vaad HaKinus met at the Jewish Children’s Museum to iron out some details.
Eli and Rochel (nee New) Deitsch (Crown Heights)
The home of Head Shliach and Chief Rabbi of the Netherlands, Rabbi Binyomin Jacobs, was attacked with stones by unidentified assailants early this morning. It was the second attack on his home in under a week.
Yesterday evening, a group of Lubavitchers from the United States organized a concert and barbecue for hundreds of Israeli soldiers stationed near the Gaza strip.
Rabbi Laibel Berkowitz, Shliach to Huntsville, Alabama, was intrigued and moved to read about the Jewish man from Florida who found 7 pairs of Tefilin for sale at a lost-luggage clearance shop in Scottsboro, Alabama – all of which were subsequently returned to their owners.
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